Post #86498 by Unkle John on Thu, Apr 15, 2004 9:18 PM

Here's how I get rid of spam:
besides downloading ad-ware, spay sweeper and such, I also use this practice: hot mail.
If you are not on my buddy list, I don't read your mail. I never open any attachments and I never forward forwarded forwards (you know that crap.. "send this to 100000 people to get a coupon" crap). I never use my personal email address for signing up for newsletters/groups, downloads, or even job resumes. I only give that email to friends and family (and they have been warned about forwarding me stuff). I have even gone a step further to protect my accounts, untill web spiders evolve, I put in my email address that's posted on my webpages> I then instruct people to remove it from the email.
If everyone would adopt a form of prevention like I have, it would signifigantly reduce the volume of junk mail and virus infection.